Voter Registration Deadlines in All States

Each state sets its own deadlines for voter registration. Here is a complete list of each state’s voter registration deadlines:

Alabama — Voter registration is closed during the ten days preceding an election. Applications must be postmarked or delivered by the eleventh day prior to the election.

Alaska — 30 days before the election.

Arizona — 29 days before the election.

Arkansas — 30 days before the election.

California — 15 days before the election.

Colorado — 29 days before the election.

Connecticut — 14 days before the election.

Delaware — The 4th Saturday before a primary or general election, and 10 days before a special election.

District of Columbia — 30 days before the election.

Florida — 29 days before the election.

Georgia — The fifth Monday before any general primary, general election, or presidential preference primary, or regularly scheduled special election pursuant to the Georgia Election Code. In the event that a special election is scheduled on a date other that those dates prescribed by the Georgia Election Code, registration would close on the 5th day after the call.

Hawaii — 30 days before the election.

Idaho— 25 days before the election.

Illinois — 28 days prior to each election.

Indiana — 29 days prior to each election.

Iowa — Must be delivered by 5 p.m. 10 days before the election, if it is a state primary or general election; 11 days before all others.* Registration forms which are postmarked 15 or more days before an election are
considered on time even if received after the deadline.

Kansas — Postmarked or delivered 15 days before the election.

Kentucky — 29 days before the election.

Louisiana — 30 days before the election.

Maine — Delivered 10 business days before the election (or a voter may register in-person up to and including election day).

Maryland — 9:00 p.m. 21 days before the election.

Massachusetts — 20 days before the election.

Michigan — 30 days before the election.

Minnesota — Delivered by 5:00 p.m. 21 days before the election (there is also election day registration at polling places).

Mississippi — 30 days before the election.

Missouri — 28 days before the election.

Montana — 30 days before the election.

Nebraska — The third Friday before the election (or delivered by 6 p.m. on the second Friday before the election).

Nevada — 9:00 p.m. on the fifth Saturday before any primary or general election. 9:00 p.m. on the third Saturday before any recall or special election. However, if a recall or special election is held on the same day as a primary or general election, the registration closes at 9:00 p.m. on the fifth Saturday before the day for the elections.

New Hampshire — New Hampshire town and city clerks will accept this application only as a request for their own absentee voter mail-in registration form, which must be received by your city or town clerk by 10 days
before the election.

New Jersey — 21 days before the election.

New Mexico — 28 days before the election.

New York — 25 days before the election.

North Carolina — Postmarked 25 days before the election or received in the elections office or designated voter registration agency site by 5:00 p.m. 25 days before the election.

North Dakota — North Dakota does not have voter registration.

Ohio — 30 days before the election.

Oklahoma — 25 days before the election.

Oregon — 21 days before the election.

Pennsylvania — 30 days before an election or primary.

Rhode Island — 30 days before the election.

South Carolina — 30 days before the election.

South Dakota— Received 15 days before the election.

Tennessee — 30 days before the election.

Texas — 30 days before the election.

Utah — 30 days before the election for mail-in applications; 15 days before the election for walk-in registrations at the county clerk’s office.

Vermont — Delivered to the town clerk before 12:00 noon on the second Saturday before the election.

Virgina — Delivered 29 days before the election.

Washington — 30 days before the election (or delivered in-person to the local voter registration office 15 days before the election).

West Virginia — Delivered 21 days before the election.

Wisconsin — Twenty (20) days before the election (or completed in the local voter registration office up to 5:00 pm. 1 day before the election, or completed at the polling place on election day).

Wyoming — Wyoming by law, cannot accept this form unless State law is changed.